The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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// Every Citizen Of Bastrop Make Plans For a "Hundredth Anniversary" Celebration
THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
«tSTY--SEVENTH VEAR
bastrop, BASTROP COUNTY thursday augu8.t 22. 1930
NUMBER 23
lighway Commission Assures Citizens "Kings Trail" to be Completed
otton Ass'n Speaker to be in Bastrop Aug. 29
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t()r|( kings high
;tvvt0 l e hl-ilt by the
I ION S ( l.l B REl KIN KS
FAVORABLE ROAD REPORT
Certainly Earns Her keen
l\ tleid
hvvav commission
H ". ••• THE TOWN
THROUGH
OF BASTKOP
Division
lr |) K. Manigault,
r nti mloiH of the Highway Corn-
er vudted in Bastrop Friday and
Kr Maniquult came to see Messrs.
D i>uge, W. 1!. Ransome and
I). Williams, members of tIn-
road committee, and explained
to them. He assurvd
thut the appro-
Austin
situation
committee
tion- for surfacing th.
j from Halfway to Bunop had
Th,- Lion': Club held u very inter-
' ->ting m> eting lit the Steymnnn Res-
taurant on Tuesday at noon, and
heard a wry interesting road report
from Judge Page.
Judge Page slated that :i member
of the highway commission advised
him during th. past week, that if
the plans of the commission under the
present administration are allowed
to lie carried out, that the Old Kings
Highway will b built within the next
two years. This highway go. s ei
tirely through Bastrop County, an
travels over Chestnut street through
I.a t nip. Judge i'ag< estimated that
there would be * approximately 40
been mini' ; that wo*!; wi uld he- h)j|i s (lt- ,|l(1 hard-surfaced road thru
on the road imm.tuately ami: our 0,unty>
ishfii in the early fnll. Another project of interest was
[ore important than this, however f;irt that work will he completed
on the oiling of Highway N<>. 71,
through Bastrop, It is understood
thut the appropriation has been made
and work on this highwaj will in-
completed within the next few months
These reports were received with
much interest by the members of the
cluli and the m-mbers of the com-
mittee, namely. Messrs. L. I>. VN il-
liams, Paul D. Page, anil \\. B. Ran-
som"- are to be congratulated upon
their untiring efforts put forth on
this project.
The memh, rs of the ( lub had the
ph asutv of having as their guests
tin- week, Mr. Chas. K. Rugsdale
and daughter, Miss Silky of Smith
ville. Mr, Ragsdale gave a detailed
r port of their trip to the Lion's Na-
tional Convention which was recently
held in Denver, Colorado, and reports
a wonderful trip. His daughter. trav*
one of her poems, which was includ
ed in the program giv n by the Tex-
as Drlegati .>t the Convention. Both
were verv much enjoyed by the en
tire ii* mbership present
Those who did not have the op-
irtunity of attending mi'sed a real
The Lion's club of Bastrop
nut it is necessary that the plan.-? is doing some sph ndid hm> >, a
the Highway commission bo not the entire memtt-rship should attend
bed and to spi.-nk plainly it is each meeting, and put their shoulders
but business interest of the town to the wheel in putting Bastrop on
Bastrop for Ross Sterling to bo the map in Capital Letters.
mated for Governor. We think 0
citizens know what is best for itltl NDILK V\El.L ION-
to do and the above is respect- TIM KS IO SHOW SlRONC
ly submitted for their cons idem OIL PRESS! RE
o The oil situation around Elgin
PROMISED BY
4
I, the statement that the road
,n hs the King's Highway
ne from a point ju.e. went of
fs Hunch passing *h".n gh Cedar
li, crossing the Colorado River
lut-trep and thence t" Paiglj and
her east was to ! " bail', a- fuiii
|the rijrht of va> v>as iWlll'fit.
i- an Interna* onui Iligi-wuy
rting at the I'e .a- ••ot-.ler wiui
jtw t. e ( ity •; M - an 1 - t
i«u end with a hi/ i vuy to Was' ■
ion City
impoi lance of '.hi* road to tne
of Bastrop canret be ^ver "s
| fo;'*
rill be in thi- county 'tnd • ev
hundred thousands ol dollars
I In- spent with Bastrop merchants
^inc this const ruction work.
fS ■ building of the road w il! giv>
relief to our citizens, who live
jthf stre. t leadii' ■ frnm the liri lire
|the MKT Railroad. fiti/.ens liv-
: on thi- -treet suffer intolerably
the dust from the passing cot-
wairon- on the way to the gins,
building of the highway means
paving of this str'et which our
"ie greatly desire. .—
COM*
CHio -?.e
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CHICK
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BK*: -t
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{*0 scrap? N\\
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, V T « C A S T t
OFF TO PRISON
Last \s ek, Deputy Sheriff J
Milton delivered two juvenile pris-
onei to tin' State Reformertory at
I ll.\R\ E HOLLAND'S
COMEDIAN TO OPEN EN-
S CACEMENT IN BASTROP
The well know Harve
I lollami
(iate.sville.
The:
SATURDAY is ELECTION
Next Saturday, August j-.'inl, 1s
election day over the entire State
of Texas, and the vote is expected to
po
order for this work to be car- tre-tt.
at the last term of Court and given
sentences in robbery indictments.
All prisoners convicted in tl<j last
t#rm of District Court and given
terms in the penitentiary were taken
off also last week, to begin their
<*. ^gy.,
WORK COMPLETED ON
WILBARCER LIMBER YARD
two wet* tried Comedians are returning to Bastrop surpass all previous records in his
this year, and open a wn-k's engage history of the Stat* . Every citizen
ment in our city next Monday nigh', is urged to go to the polls and cast
August 25th. j their vote for their choice of head
Mr. Holland states that he is com-. of our state offices.
ing to Bastrop this year with an en- B
tire new line of plays. A change mt\DY M'I'EALS GIRL
J. II. CARPER TO
SPEAK IN INTEREST OF
COTTON ASSOCIATION
| Mr. J. H. Carper of Temple, who
is in charge of this district in th®
interest of the Texas Cotton Co-op r
alive Assn'n will sp ak in Bastrop
on Friday nignt, August UPth, at K
o'clock at the Court House, in the
interest of the Cotton Association.
The farmers and business m. n ar*
( urged to attend this speaking as it
j will interest all.
A man to man service, which will
! bring the cotton farmer into personal
| touch with the agent who handl s his
. cotton, is being made available to
: members of the Texas Cotton Co-
I operative Association under a system
I of branch offices, sub offices and re-
ceiving stations. Agents at the far
mors home market will carry out
all details of the marketing service
from information to final payment*.
Branch offices and sub-offiivs arr
in charge of federally licensed cot-
ton classers. Receiving agents at
smaller points will give similar ser-
I vice, but will send samples to branch
or suli offices for grading and stap-
| ling.
The A ociation has established 2
i pools the seasonal pool and the prie«
fixatic i pod. The member may d«'-
liver his cotton tot ither one o' these
pools or . to both usin:r them as he
wishes, lb inu>t designate upon «(e
livery the pool to which he. tlc.sir«**
the cotton to go and it can not then-
after be transferred from one pool
to another,
t A rromber does not ha e to deliver
more than every other bale up to
; twenty bales produced as acquired by
j him or total of ten bales ami
I may deliver all his cotton if he «>■
| sires.
I Any member may. after having dt
live red two full crops, cancel market-
ing agreement by notifying th As-
sociation between March Island Ifirh
of program and vnudevilK* will bo |
shown each night, and the public is
guaranteed a week of thrills and i
SLAYING VERDICT:
Licensed Classers
The Association igre?.s to pro viae
ledorally licunsed ami bonded classers
to grade and staple members' cot-
ton and to render general service at
AT RED ROCK
. t laughs.
I
AUSTIN Aug. lib- John W. Brady!
t points where the volume justifies the
expense.
Work has been completed on the
new J. L. Wilbarger and Company
Lumber yard at Red Rock and the.
yard is now open for business with
*PRm..«vn BY continues to create considerable stir
DECEMBER FIRST operato„. Many parties | Mr. Gus Jung^
from all
white-haired former Appeals Court, Kxpense Limitation
. 1 fl'oni1 ^a 11 aectio'ns of the state and | K r of this enterprising concern for |
news for those persons in . . have visitv(1 the field and!" '"""ber of years, acting in the j
im1i„ ~v. i i ' same capacity.
The yard was completely destroy-
ed by fire, of unknown origin, re-
recently, but has been rebuilt with
many added modern conveniences
nville who have been anxiously
tifiR the coming of natural gas
most of them an- optimistic concern-
M was made public at the well belonging to
Mr. Brundige continues to flow oil
notwith-
f*day afternoon meeting of
Erectors of the Chamber of Com-
A letter was received front
' I)nit4f| (Jus Corpoartion at Hous-
*hich said in part:—
delay in starting our pro-
has been occasioned by the ac
°f the town of Elgin i* jecting
funchise and the lack of action
The Association agrees to turn
over to members pooling thotr cot-
ton in the optional or seasonal pools
the full amount received from sal
from the small opening.
.tamlilW thv '"t "> ' 5,r * " mUCh *"
:.tt, inpt,-,< '"!• il '"> ,lnv,ne * \ ItAITIST MEKTINfi AT
wootlen peg in i. ! SAW MiUi CONTINUES
While there ha'; not been any great
I he tent will be located on tlv lot j jUKtiA• who stabbed his sweetheart
of Mrs. Mary Trigg, near the High Miss Lphia Highsmith, to death in
School Building. j front of her rooming house here last
— - o — November and was (.sentenced to
REV. BEN O. HILL , three ytars Imprisonment for the j Df their cotton less the following
FILLS PULIIT AT crime, filed an rppeal today with uosts; (l( Freight, storage, insur-
METHODIST CHVRCH the State Court of Criminal Appeals. | an0, ^ (2, handlings
....... ! Becords in the case tried once in charges not to exceed 3 per cent of
llw congregation of the Methodist [ Travis and onw in 1)allns County, | the er0!l!4 re8a,P valuc, cxcept that
church of our city had the pleasure wero fi|ed with the Criminal Appeals a pcr ball> of not ^ v.xcw}
of hearing one of Bastrop a own ( (<mirt Clerk. Briefs and arguments j $2 r,() f()r ,uch costs may ^ (Jwlucted
sons, the R.'v. Ben 0. Hi 1, who very Wl„ be submitted when the case is | whenovt.r the 3 per cent is less than
ably filled their pulpit last Sunday j for hearing, probably sometime
morning. Rev. Hill is the son of i during the October term.
Mrs. A. M. Hill of our city, one of Brady's first trial resulted in
$2.fil) per bale, (for which handling
charg the Association performs all
Bastrop County's pioneer families.
amount of trading in leases and roy-
alties owing to the fact that the
^ . , ,,r(>!lt. r part of the field is under
we town of Bastrop in passing ^ has bopn son)(, trans-
franchise. We have had fav-
action from your city a well
'*brange, Schuletiburg, Weimar
• Hall««ttsvillo and w • ar. nego-
f'np with the brick plants at
i' 1 Hi' !r fuel renrir-nient:
"On
Hr"l Bastn>p to l.iI
""'"-'noiiMtig oui
*hin ih,
I'lose this week, according to infor-
niade any d;-p" iti"n "f the mation furnished by the Rev. J. W.
pastor of tlv local Baptist.'
hureh. who is conducting the ser-
fl tlo-i, we
pj'oi c* i.nd hope
M ,xt lif'.een da; to pot
n<" ri ur parties in the field to
lease yet there
fer\ Mr. Brundige at this writing
had t
discover* well. i Milton
A contract has been dgf d for the
ink in • of a test on the McWilliam
(n„ , f0w hundred feet i'rom the
discovery wall acroas the road, the
which will likely ha\<
, on other d< velopment
n I services ordinarily performed by
hung jury, one member opposing the street buy,.rS( bn,kers., shippers or
During the past year lie has been ,|,,atfc penalty, according t<> reports I expot„f) (n) 1 per cent reserve for
—-—— .a member of the faculty of Lydia : brought from th. jury room here. , .._ finnn,,;.,,.
Tl k 'Baptist %ev\val, whk-h has | iktterson Institute of El Paso, where At i>n|fRS he waa found guilty of1
been in progress at the Edwards I wiU nlso teach during the coming mur,|,.r without malice an I sentenced \ Separate \ssociation
Brothers Saw Mill cast of town, dur- ^ssiom 1 to thre • wars in the peniA-n-1 when the grower- in district
mg the pa!,t ten p^bably | Th, many who ha,I the pleasure tiary. ! sha„ ha%1. (Wivpn.(l in a Kivcn sca.
if hearing him, report that
pr< ached a splendid sermon.
Brady pleaded in anity, the result ^,,n ;,t least 100,01)0 bales of cotton
of ycar.s of self ir-dulgenc
outc
., ti, i
line
^ ices.
f' re have been several conver
ion- during the meeting, and th'
nttendance ha been extraonlinarv
good.
the
final nir
tructinn work.
I'll ,
h«.
.UK
I'ltl
Bill!
); vflo|ie 'l t at
Che ex. Item- nt around
brought about renewed
immunity in I«e<
tile Blue <
Elgin has
ictivities in
count y
\ V.W tiOI.F < «tl RSE
(M l NED LAST S NTl'RD \>
only a few miles east of
The Bit O-Golf, rninuture golf
eour-e, with W. B. Compton a. own
er. v\a opened to players last Sat
tests going
"ur expi.-tation that
available at Sinit In i.•
first and ;r. th-
hy Christines.
will b«! \t.ry glad to k^ep ati
"f the progress in order tD:«t time. I 'g' ' " ir''
S,l" "T T''"1'""""""5' l .,i What f.r IW Tfc ,i tolr., I,,
t rr™" "TT I Jl wonl.' , *•** tlK- ,« t wwk. M, hav.
e r ft. I requirements for this laat wonts.
•'-Fmithvill* T-imen.
gRS
by-
other which is .
the Brundig" well. They have three
down out there at this urda> night with a large number of plication blanks for participation, and
play rs on hand to participate in the >,y that date all contracts must. In-
>nening of the new popular game. j^,ed and all schedules filled out
M \ \ > SCHOOLS I
CO P \ R IK IP M E IN
I E \< l E I OOTBM.L
\i tin, Texas, Aug *J1 More than
I'ex.'i schhols have i!n a.ly signi
their intention if participating
ii Interschidastic League football,
hi fall, according to It->\ I! Ileni1* i
on. athletic dieretor of the Univer
• f Texas Tx'aguo Bun au. Oct«i
!.er I. has been set as till final date
en Kvhich seht>ols may file their no
The yrinisiler wa
hear Willi , how
count,
"(tr.
King
th- y may organiz. an independent
association. affiliat"d with the A titer
\ssim at ion
far you can and in that event ui tpi'openy nghLs
i of such growers as well as reserve*
visiting, "l/'t , ;t't <"' tton Cooper.iti.-
tw three, four. five, six
^!it, niiM ten, Jack, tiuecn.
•hall be credited to the growers in
dividually in uch nt
.i:\ti in
At
Tl at ift
Truck
( op:
ti iver
Wnat' your name
It' i n the otK r sitk
me
truck
read name
It's
Cop (trying t
blite rated.
Driver. You're a liar It' O'Brian.
Membership l-'tf
A in. mbership fee of $1i).tni is
ch.'irged new memh r-> to p.t> cost.- or
organir.ati) n. l itis is a life mem
ln-rship. payable only <-rce anil i- tie
ducted during the season
( lapsing
Where in As.to iatuin :n;ent cLw>w**
Brains aren't everything but
M-m'. h sure ustes like nal stuff.! reeeived their part of the patronac*,' are imo^rtant. ,
Every time a woman plan- an .* ut- | cotton for a nor. member a charge of
ty of-town trip alu* runs downtown and j twenty ' ve cents a bsle -vnll be
buy* out a department store. j rrade
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Schaefer, H. A. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1930, newspaper, August 21, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206703/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.